Warren Stoddart joins Chas Burkhart on the Global Investment Leaders podcast
September 22, 2022 | Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group
Warren Stoddart, CC&L Financial Group’s President and CEO recently joined Rosemont CEO Chas Burkhart as a guest on the Global Investment Leaders podcast.
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A “monetarist” perspective on current equity markets
October 11, 2024 | NS Partners
Monetary prospects and cycle considerations suggest global economic strength in H2 2025 / 2026 but a “hard landing” – or at least a scare of one – may be necessary first. Commentary here at mid-year proposed the following baseline scenario: A “double dip” in global industrial momentum in H2 2024 with limited recovery in early 2025, reflecting the profile of real narrow money momentum with a roughly one-year lag.
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Logistics – the quiet force powering global growth
October 10, 2024 | Global Alpha Capital Management
Learn how logistics increasingly connect global trade.
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Strategic insights from Climate Week NYC 2024
October 3, 2024 | Global Alpha Capital Management
Unpacking 5 key takeaways from Climate Week NYC.
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Will the UK join the double dip?
October 2, 2024 | NS Partners
Monetary trends suggest that UK economic performance will converge down to a weak Eurozone. A post in June argued that Eurozone monetary trends were too weak to support a sustained recovery. The composite PMI output index peaked in May and fell below 50 in September (flash reading of 48.9), confirming an ongoing “double dip”.
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German small caps amid persistent pessimism
September 26, 2024 | Global Alpha Capital Management
Discover opportunities in Europe’s second-largest economy.
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Why is US narrow money accelerating?
September 26, 2024 | NS Partners
A pick-up in US narrow money momentum is a hopeful signal for 2025 but requires confirmation and does not preclude near-term economic deterioration. The measure of narrow money tracked here (M1A, comprising currency in circulation and demand deposits) rose by 0.8% in August, pushing six-month annualised growth up to 10.5%. The broad M2+ measure (which adds large time deposits at commercial banks and institutional money funds to the official M2 aggregate) also rose solidly in August, by 0.5%, but six-month growth remains subdued and within the recent range, at 3.5% annualised.
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Is Chinese money growth bottoming?
September 20, 2024 | NS Partners
Chinese money / credit trends remain weak but could be at a turning point. Six-month rates of change of broad money and total social financing have stabilised above June lows. (Broad money here refers to M2 excluding money holdings of financial institutions, which are volatile and less informative about economic prospects.)
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China leading the race towards full EV adoption
September 19, 2024 | Global Alpha Capital Management
Learn more about the shift reshaping the automotive market.
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Is Mexico snatching defeat from the jaws of victory?
September 18, 2024 | NS Partners
The ruling Morena Party’s proposal to compromise judicial independence is a case study in how to derail development.
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Is the ECB still too pessimistic on Eurozone inflation?
September 18, 2024 | NS Partners
Monetary considerations argue that the ECB’s latest inflation forecast, like earlier projections, will be undershot. Annual growth of broad money – as measured by non-financial M3 – returned to its pre-pandemic (i.e. 2015-19) average of 4.8% in October 2022. Allowing for a typical two-year lead, this suggested that annual CPI inflation would return to about 2% in late 2024.
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The attractions of green steel
September 12, 2024 | Global Alpha Capital Management
Producing green steel is attractive for investments and decarbonization alike.
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Will services avoid the double dip?
September 10, 2024 | NS Partners
The “double dip” downturn in global manufacturing continued last month. Global manufacturing PMI new orders fell steeply from a peak in May 2021 to a trough in December 2022 (first dip), with a subsequent recovery ending in May 2024. The second dip was confirmed by a sharp fall to below 50 in July, with the index unchanged in August.
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More than just chips: Exploring a non-tech gem in Taiwan
September 5, 2024 | Global Alpha Capital Management
Exploring investment opportunities outside of Taiwan’s technology sector.
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Global money growth still stalled
September 4, 2024 | NS Partners
Global six-month real narrow money momentum is estimated to have moved sideways for a fourth month in July at a weak level by historical standards. The baseline scenario here remains that global economic momentum – proxied by the global manufacturing PMI new orders index – will move down into late 2024, echoing a fall in real money momentum into September last year. Based on more recent monetary data, a subsequent recovery may prove limited, with weakness persisting well into H1 2025.
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